Letter : Philadelphia, to Coll. [Francis] Nicholson and Coll. [Samuel] Vetch, 1709 June 17.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Ingoldesby, Richard, -1719

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Vetch, Samuel, 1668-1732

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First British governor of Nova Scotia, 1710-1712, 1715-1717. Vetch, a Scotsman by birth, came to America in 1699 and settled first in New York, later removing to Boston. After some years in border trade, Vetch offered his plan of conquest to a Whig Ministry which empowered him to carry it out. In 1710 the expedition under Nicholson and Vetch effected the Capture of Port Royal and Acadia. From the description of Papers, 1708-1712. (Columbia University In the C...

Gookin, Charles, ca. 1662-ca. 1723

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Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1709-1717 : Gookin)

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Francis Nicholson and Samuel Vetch were actively engaged in the military conquest of Nova Scotia during Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713. During the spring of 1709 a joint attack against Port Royal, Nova Scotia was proposed, but the expedition was aborted due to the lack of sufficient supplies and troops. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to Coll. [Francis] Nicholson and Coll. [Samuel] Vetch, 1709 June 17. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40066...

Great Britain. Army

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Whitmore was govenor of Cape Breton Island and the Island of St. John (Prince Edward Island). From the description of Receipt for wages paid for labor in the Cape Breton colliery : manuscript, 1760. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612812416 Administrative history unavailable. The University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections has a mandate to acquire military papers. From the description of Great Britain Army collection. [1800-1941]. (University o...

Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728

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Francis Nicholson was a member of the Council for the Dominion of New England and in 1688 was commissioned lieutenant governor of the Dominion. Served as lieutenant governor of New York (1688), lieutenant governor of Virginia (1690-1692), governor of Maryland (1694-1698), governor of Virginia (1698-1705) governor of Nova Scotia (1713-1717), and governor of South Carolina (1721-1725. He was a fellow of the Royal Society. From the guide to the Papers, Addition One, 1695-1765., (John D....